@markknoller: The Senate vote was a major legislative defeat for Pres Obama, who made 13 speeches on gun violence proposals since Sandy Hook shootings.
Obama will unveil his gun violence proposals on Wednesday morning with Vice President Joe Biden, who has been holding meetings with various stakeholders on on gun violence over the past month.
On Wednesday, President Obama tapped Vice President Biden to lead an interagency effort to develop new anti-violence proposals.
"There is simply no reason for this blatant obstruction except the fear of considering anti-violence proposals in full view.
The president's domestic-policy director, Cecilia Munoz, will help manage the search for gun-violence proposals while also serving as a point person on immigration.
Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said that while the group yearned for solutions to gun violence, the proposal was worrisome.
These include making it a crime to visit websites that defend terrorism or incite violence, a proposal which, in ordinary times, would have the opposition Socialists hopping with indignation.
Clinton's gun violence prevention proposal would impose restrictions, including a ban on semi-automatic "assault weapons," but it does not call for banning all guns.
Clinton has a gun violence prevention proposal on her website, which would deny gun owners from buying certain guns and block or delay the ability of some to purchase guns.
3. Determine constituencies directly involved in the impact that gangs have on a community; act as those groups to discuss the problem of gang violence; brainstorm proposals and advertisements for programs to curb gang violence.
Since the Sandy Hook shooting, lawmakers in several states looked to curb school violence with proposals that would arm teachers, many of which were met with staunch opposition.
